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This Day in History – June 10, 1969 – The X-15 gets a place in history

10 June 1969: The U.S. Air Force donated the first North American Aviation X-15, serial number 56-6670, to the Smithsonian Institution for display at the National Air and Space Museum. The first of three X-15A hypersonic research rocketplanes built by North American for the Air Force and the National Advisory Committee (NACA, the predecessor of NASA), 56-6670 made the first glide flight and

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Marks, Gerald M.

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Gerald Michael Marks

Preferred Name: Jerry
Nickname/Call Sign: Misty 55
Date of Birth: October 25, 1938
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Headed West Date: July 7, 2013
Biography
Pilot Information
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Gerald Marks fought in WWII in the US Navy and in the Korean War as an Air Force pilot.

You can hear more from Gerald in his Library of Congress interview at https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.64157/#item-service_history

Units Assigned

  • 1943-1945 US Navy, WWII
  • 1950-1953 USAF, Korean War

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Air Medal
Air Medal

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • West Philadelphia High School
  • 1942 John Bartram High School
  • 1943 Villanova

Gerald “Jerry” Marks, Maj USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on July 7, 2013.

Jerry Marks, formerly of Cincinnati, OH, passed away on July 7, 2013 in Minden, NV. He was a career member of the USAF retiring as Major.

Survived by wife Judy Craig Marks, children: Frank Marks, Wendy Marks Wilder, Iris Marks Sarter; stepchildren James Luchte, Pam Luchte Dwertman, Jennifer Luchte Faerber; grandchildren Tyle Sean Sarter, step-grandchildren: Hannah, Kate, Ben Miles Dwertman, Zoe, Zoran and Venus Luchte; sister Toni Marks Heil, brother-in-law Richard Heil; cousins Tony, Pat Granzanke, Lois, Cliff Kist. Preceded in death by wife Sylvia Marks, daughter Natasha Marks; parents Frank and Wanda Marks.

A burial with full military honors was held at Arlington National Cemetery.

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